SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 04, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Immutep Limited (ASX: IMM; NASDAQ: IMMP) ("Immutep” or “the Company”), a biotechnology company developing novel immunotherapy treatments for cancer and autoimmune diseases, advises that more mature interim TACTI-002 clinical data will be presented at the 34th German Cancer Congress taking place in Berlin from 19^th to 22^nd of February 2020.

The data relates to use of the Company’s lead product candidate eftilagimod alpha (“efti” or “IMP321”), a soluble LAG-3 protein based on the LAG-3 immune control mechanism, as part of a combination treatment with pembrolizumab. It will be presented by TACTI-002 clinical trial Principal Investigator, Dr. Bernhard Doger of START Madrid, Spain on 19 February at 5 pm CEST. The abstract was submitted as a late-breaking abstract.

The presentation entitled, ‘Initial results from a Phase II study (TACTI-002) in metastatic non-small cell lung or head and neck carcinoma patients receiving eftilagimod alpha (soluble LAG-3 protein) and pembrolizumab’ will be contemporaneously released via an ASX announcement and made available on the Company’s website at the time of the congress on www.immutep.com/investors-media/presentations.html.

TACTI-002 is being conducted in collaboration with Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA (known as “MSD” outside the United States and Canada). It is evaluating the combination of efti with MSD’s KEYTRUDA® (or pembrolizumab, an anti-PD-1 therapy) in up to 109 patients with second line HNSCC or NSCLC in first and second line.

About Immutep

Further information can be found on the Company’s website www.immutep.com or by contacting:

Australian Investors/Media:
Catherine Strong, Citadel-MAGNUS
+61 (0)406 759 268; cstrong@citadelmagnus.com

U.S. Media:
Garth Russell, LifeSci Advisors
+1 (646) 876-3613; garth@lifesciadvisors.com

This announcement was authorised for release by Marc Voigt, the Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer of Immutep Limited.